Reviews (page 5 of 7)
This just bored me, aggressively. I don’t like using ‘boring’ as a criticism but man this just does nothing, and the vocals irritate me. This Ain’t Living a highlight but outside of that it’s slim slim pickings. Not sure I needed to hear this before I died.
Some talented musicians fronted by a seemingly drunk white man saying whatever comes into his head. And despite being a huge Fall fan, couldn't really get behind it. Got some great bluesy moments but his voice is just grating and the lyrics a bit insane. More Curious Oranges pls.
Not my style
mmm bien no me ha cambiado la vida
Jazzy white boy rap? Puts me in a mood to hang out with a bunch of college kids
I don't mind the style, but it's hella tedious after the first 2 or 3 tracks.
Nah. To long.
My god, it just keeps going on and on. Every track ruined by his irritating nasal white boy rapping. You do not need to hear this before you die.
I guess you want music to stir emotions, be it sadness, happiness, or even the desire to jump up and dance. This album did just that, I was bored!
Ugh. The Funky Dumb Boy Nineties will seemingly never go away (I harbor a conspiracy theory that our current political embarrassment has its origin in it) so I'm not sure we need to archive it. I was going to grant it an average 3 because, like much of this music, it does sound better at a party, but then "Cold Beverage" came on and the horror came slouching back like an college apartment neighbor who's fresh out of weed.
It never dawned on me to take G. Love and Special Sauce seriously, but here goes: I like the lackadaisical, breezy music much better than Mr. Love’s rap flows, which evoke goateed guys who wear baseball caps sideways and giant baggy jeans, don’t seem to have anything in particular to actually say, and really wore thin the deeper into the album I got. I’ll be grateful if I never hear the track “Shooting Hoops” again.
You had to do it, G. Love. You had to start off on the right foot in The Things That I Used To Do with a groovy, airy percussion line with an equally groovy bass lick... and then add the most horrendous vocal known to man. What the heck am I supposed to enjoy about a completely tuneless, monotone vocal that makes it impossible to focus on any of the genuinely good instruments? It gets even worse with the second verse, where it sounds like he either just woke up or he's going through second puberty. Of all songs on the album, the opening number is the only one with its own Wikipedia article. Just goes to show how notably bad it is. Blues Music is so significantly better that I'm surprised the record didn't start with that one (and scrap the actual opener entirely). The vocals read as extremely standard 90s/00s hip-hop quality, but at least they're bearable now. Garbage Man is a solid continuation of the "increasingly melodic" trend. The guitar parts in particular are worthy of high praise. They make the song almost like soft-rock, using a thin, slightly distorted tone and Dorian mode. By this point, though, the listener is looking for a change-up in energy – and Eyes Have Miles is severely lacking in that department. Sure, it has the same pleasant tone of guitar as its predecessor, but the "chill blues-hop" has been going on for too long at this point to justify it. Give us either a slow, emotional ballad or something shocking, something with a ton of energy. Not Baby's Got Sauce, please. (Well, shoot.) To be fair, Baby's Got Sauce is solid as a standalone track – in fact, it may well be the album's strongest – but in the context of the whole record, it falls a little flat. Albums aren't just a collection of songs (as 60s artists discovered); they're a whole extended statement. And much like you don't want to listen to a steady monotone public speaker for an hour, you don't want to listen to G. Love And Special Sauce for an hour either. This monotony continues to be a problem. Cold Beverage is an exception, but for the wrong reason: it's frenetic, and like the opening track, its singing is off-kilter and hence off-putting. In contrast, This Ain't Living is extremely standard in all regards, except for that guitar line. Dang, that guitar line. I love it. To the top of the list it goes! 2/5 Key tracks: Garbage Man, Baby's Got Sauce, This Ain't Living
4/10
Awkward raps, overlong. One or two songs were decent but that's it really.
For an album that is so mediocre, boring and monotone, it doesn't bothered as much as expected. It is still a bad experience, but in neither of the tree times I listened to it I found myself with my energies drained as much as any of the other albums I rated lower. All the songs here are incredibly similar. A jazz/blues rock base mix with a hip-hop groove and an almost word-spoken or rapping style of voice. The thing is, the lyrics are, in general, boring; the vocals are incredibly monotone, with lack of flow and sang with an obnoxious accent; and the instrumental bases aren't that entertaining. There are some noisy moments and some really good double bass lines, but there are also some moments in which the drums sounds like a can. The only outstanding song here is "This Ain't Living", not only thanks to its social commentary but mainly because there's another guy rapping and singing, instead of the main singer. Another noticeable moment, but for being the worst part, is the last song. It is just voice and guitar, and the guitar is either super out of tune or terrible played. In conclusion, incredibly forgettable and monotone.
Listened without paying attention, liked the energy. Listened again paying attention and was shocked at how bad it was and was just praying the album would end but it kept going
I don't really like it. What genre is this? Hip-hop? Rap? Sounds to me a bit like The Streets, but not so cool.
I wanted to like this - I love 90s tunes and a band/singer with a unique voice and I even love beck(which many of the reviews compare this to) - but this really did not hit for me - very repetitive no hooks just wasn’t for me
#826. If there was a venn diagram of G Love and the Special Sauce fans and ICP fans, I bet the center portion would be quite large [and perhaps quite smelly as well.] One review said the special sauce is probably mayonnaise and ketchup mixed together, but I think thats not a fair comparison because mayo and ketchup together is actually good. 2/5: nah
Never heard of this. I can see why - I didn’t like it much. Laidback and with some cool baselines; also monotonous and overlong. Not actually bad, I guess, but it’s never a good sign when I start looking at the runtime a few songs in and wondering how there can still be so much more left. It would probably be fine in a cafe or something, or just listening to a few tracks, but just by itself, not a great time. By the end, I hated it. 2
Never heard of this before now. Not life changing, but not objectionable either.
Kedvenc/Favourite: This Ain't Livin' Egynek elment, de igazából nem jött be annyira. Nem volt rossz így egy-egy szám erejéig, de összességében nagyon repetitív volt nekem. It was fine, but I didn't really like it that much. It wasn't bad for a song or two, but overall it was very repetitive for me.
I did enjoy this as a kid in the 90's, but now find the music rather dull and the vocals vaguely unpleasant. Some of the reviews mention that they find it derivative and just like a dozen other bands of the era. I'm inclined to give some credit for being a few years ahead of the curve. In my experience at least, '94 was on the early end of this brand of blended stoner-rock/hip-hop/whatever it is. That being said, it is post Beck and Beastie Boys, and not nearly as good as either. Inessential and doesn't need to be on the list, I'd put 90% of the user albums above this. 2 stars
Not that good. Morphine does it way better
Well, this guy has a whole lot of fun, which is a part of the success and the failure of this record. I don't doubt his zeal for a good time, but freestyling this whole thing, which it appears that he's doing, doesn't make for a very dynamic experience. While I prefer this to the goof-off-and-jerk-off-tunes of the Chili Peppers, lyrics such as 'Upside your brain, knock down your liver / Like hot tamales, I start to simmer' do not inspire much more than a fratty appetite for a keg and a blunt. Besides, the blues and hip-hop fusion isn't all that original: the Beastie Boys managed it more convincingly on the '92 Check Your Head and The Roots would come out w/ Do You Want More in '95. And if you covet a more contemporary version, Vulfpeck will satisfy.
Weird white boy funk? Reminds me too much of college.
Ok 2/6
If we were doing Oblique Strategies instead of albums, at the end the User Strategy I would suggest is “Make it shorter”. If you are just some band with songs and a style, make your point and go. A lot of mid artists can breeze thru 40’ but are slogging by 50’. Leave ‘em wanting more. It's also customary for distinctive-style so-so bands to have a standout track/signature song, even if not technically a hit, but G doesn't seem concerned about that.
What a weird album to be on this list
Initially mild interest, then just started to drag. Sloppy jazzy, almost rap staple college sound. Different time and place could have been for me so much more, but today just wasn’t there. Don’t have much of an opinion either way to be honest 2 Star
Classic Philly white guy doing borderline appropriating voice inflections
I wanna like it but it's just not quite good enough to fully embrace. 2.5 rounded down cuz they're from Philly.
Not totally devoid of merit, it has its own charm
Reminds me of the White Stripes at some points, Beck at others. Not great, not terrible. Pretty woozy, someone described it as like waking up from anaesthesia which is apt. I have 604 albums left, there must be some more 5 star new-to-me albums, I'm dreading how many filler albums like this I have left.
They've always struck me as a band who thinks they're much cooler than they actually are. Unfortunately, I was already familiar with them, as I remember a handful of their songs being somewhat popular in college. They weren't good then, aren't good now.
Not my thing but appreciate the arrangements.
White guy with dreads music… The loose, laid back feel of the band is pretty alright at times. I’m not a fan of Mr.Love’s vocal stylings though… not at all.
gets more daring as it goes on, but unfortunately i find it only more grating; and when it backs off, i find it boring.
Lite kul ändå? Very white lol
Näää
Gillar ändå vad jag hör. Påminner om den hiphop jag lyssnade på som ung Manglare. Stark tvåa.
There are some elements of this album that I enjoy - most of the tracks have a nice bass. But, it feels like the same track on repeat 14 times in a row. I also really don’t like the vocal delivery which, again, barely changes throughout the entire album. Despite its funky bass, this album gets boring very quickly.
How did this make the list?
Just not a good concept for a full length... They are very competent but sound like a good street or party band, baffled by decision to give them an hour of wax
Music for kids whose parents gave them a weed allowance in college.
I enjoyed the guitar and drums on this the rap was a bit of a miss for me. Definitely not something I would usually listen to but it was fine, one and done.
Seems like the kind of band I'd enjoy thoroughly out at a bar or restaurant, then never think about again.
This is terrible. How were they not completely embarrassed putting this out? It's not even 1-star horrible, it's just so lame and cringe.
Pretty specific music for a very specific time. Pretty mellow, but not great. 2/5
Good instrumental parts... The voice is not annoying. But I was bored
This got really annoying after one song. Why is this SO long?
5/10 Favourite: Baby's Got Sauce Least Favourite: I Love You
Maybe it's personal taste but all the songs on this album started to sound the same to me. I got a little bored and sleepy
I get what it's going for, but an hour of the same thing was too much. It wasn't bad, very of a time, not great either.
what's this, more 90s MTV bubble gum music boring skip skip skip
Good grief they have a song called Shooting Hoops. Trying so hard to be cool and laid back I have my suspicions they throw a strop backstage if their cheese and ham sandwiches aren't cut into triangles.
Just okay
Not my favorite. Very repetitive and low energy. Liked some of the stuff that was inspired by it though.
I don't really like Beck, seems like off-brand Beck
I don't mind the instrumental, it gives chill vibes although it is not particular good but not horrendous either. The lyrics are not creative at all and ruin it.
Didn't enjoy this at all
A unique sound, for sure, but it annoyed me more than it wowed me.
i don't know what's in this sauce but I think i could live my life without, from the first song I knew that I was in for a treat. Buddy sounds like he is physically incapable of being louder than the instrumental, which mind you is so repetitive 4/10
Nothing special about this sauce.
I guess I’ve never actually heard them?
why
Who? It's Rap, Jim, but not as we know it - instead of the usual music that you would associate with Rap, this Rap overlays uses a laid-back Blues with a Jazz vibe. Quirky vocal style which I find slightly annoying. A bit boring after a while.
Achei que era algo como um the black keys mas é uma porra de hip hop em cima de um funky/blues, toma no cu que desperdiço de instrumental para cantar esse monte de merda em cima. I thought it was something like, The Black Keys but is fucking hip hop over a funky/blues beat, what a waste of instrumental to sing this pile of crap over it.
Man, this was something. I'm not usually one to hear a man croak for 58 mins but here I am. The way these dudes meshed together hip-hop, jazz, rock, soul and turned this into heaping pile of mediocrity is impressive. Man on the mic sounds constipated and off Xanax. Production was good at times but it was just bland most of the album. It wasn't horrible but it was still quite rubbish. 2.25/5
interesting annoying singing style überhoupt ni miis teilwiis bitzli catchy gege schluss wirds besser/ chli cooler
Missed these guys in the 90s. They’re Beastie Boys meets Jon Spencer Blues Explosion meets Smashmouth meets a couple of guys in their garage with new amps and guitars. Production too thin, lyrics too thin, musicality too thin.
i don’t know how to feel about this - kind of like sublime but doesn’t hit the same
No sauce
It’s like a Fun Loving Criminals cover band, for some unfathomable reason, decided it was a good idea to try and make their own music.
Not so special. What was that?
I don’t get the hype
2 1/2 It’s okay
2 out of 5. First time hearing of this band and their music. Hate to say it but these songs all kind of sounded the same.
Remember when things like this were a thing? Funky white guy indie rock with *just* enough hip-hop and break-beat influence to get the frat boys moving? Yeah, me too.
Truly forgettable
01) The Things That I Used to Do - 6,5 02) Blues Music - 6,5 03) Garbage Man - 6,0 04) Eyes Have Miles - 6,0 05) Baby's Got Sauce - 7,0 06) Rhyme for the Summertime - 6,0 07) Cold Beverage - 6,0 08) Fatman - 5,5 09) This Ain't Living - 6,0 10) Walk to Slide - 5,5 11) Shooting Hoops - 5,0 12) Some Peoples Like That - 5,0 13) Town to Town - 5,0 14) I Love You - 5,0 TOTAL: 5,79 (58/100) Current ranking: 575/696
I didn't get it
Best Song: Cold Beverage. If this were playing in the background of an outdoor beer festival, I would consider it apropos. Worst Song: Fatman. There are some segments on this one where the singer (G. Love?) seems outright determined to demonstrate that he doesn't have the vocal chops to pull off the song. Overall: The vocals aren't great for either blues or rap, which is really unfortunate for a Blues-Rap fusion album.
How is this on this list.? I feel like the 90s are more than covered already, but my fear is that there is more and more irrelevant ones coming. Albums that came, had zero impact and left. Its fine Incredibly long, far too long.
Started out liking the album, but as it went on I liked it less and less. Ended up being just okay to me.
New jack swing white boy style. They are still kicking today and good for them. 2/ 5
Okay, but just not really my vibe.
All the songs sound more or less the same. Try-hard-white-guy-who-thinks-he’s-cooler-than-he-is vibes. My high school boyfriend really like g love and special sauce. He didn’t have the best taste in music.
This album sounds like the theme music to a 90s sitcom
Sublime at home.
Not it. 2.
How does Josh love this band? Personal enjoyment: 2/5 Relevance to this list: 1/5
Not a fan
Oh, you're telling me this ISN'T Beck? I mean, it's fun
A mixed bag for me. Some songs are great and right up my alley whilst others just don't fit my vibe at all. The album as a whole has some great highs but a lot is not for me.
Houmous & Chutneys original name when they were a garage band back in 1948 was G Sauce and Special Love. 2.2 3/14 Garage Man
When they were big in Philly in the 90s I called them G Love and Special Suck. I still call them that.
sounds very 90s cliche, probs wouldnt listen again
Blues and Hip-Hop sounds like a neat combination but I think this one is less than the sum of its parts. Does not really work for me :( I'm between 1 and 2 stars but feeling generous; since it wasn't completely unlistenable, and at least it’s not generic rock album #452
Sounding like a cut rate Sublime, has some decent beats and hooks, but I can't shake the open mic nature of it all
This album should have been left in the 90's. I remember this album and wasn't much of a fan. Just not what I want.
it was stripped down Beck
Got better in the latter half once it got more upbeat.
Do something different!
Really quite shite
eh, 50/100
i don’t even know what genre this would be called but it’s not very good. i guess it’s kinda sublime-y and like early dispatch. but every song sounds like a failed attempt to make What I Got. pretty rough to get through
Annoying
Rather sloppy and ill produced for me.
Back in the day I thought some of this stuff was good. Maybe some of the later stuff. s far as this album goes, it’s funky, but annoying. Blah.
I can imagine in a certain type of sweaty small venue this stuff would absolutely work live. On record it's too long, each song sounds similar to the last, and the sloppy sound and vocals get progressively more irritating. Then again, I'm not a big Red Hot Chilli Peppers fan or Fun Loving Criminals and this is pretty much the missing link between them.
Very interesting album something I haven’t heard before. A mix of blues, rock and hip hop I do appreciate BUT the execution was not all that. I’m not a big fan of their accents in the songs which is a reason that makes it so unique tho. It could’ve been good but it just wasn’t allat for me. Very few takeaways with most songs sounding the same or just bad. 4.3/10 2.1/5
Eh. Some good sounds but idk about this one.
In no way, shape or form, did I need to listen to this album before I died.
Mostly kind of reminded me of RHCP who I famously don’t enjoy. Other parts were almost Lin Manuel Miranda rap-ish (not really a good thing here either). I didn’t hate it overall. But just not my vibe. (1.5 stars)
It knew history would forget it faster if it wasn't at least a bit annoying.
Repeti-ti-ti-ti-tivo.
Why was this included? It's really boring and definitely not a must listen.
The instruments and the songs not bad just hard to listen to the vocals.
Sounds like the mid-90s, though not i Necessarily in a good way. Generic, unmemorable, & bland though at least it's not unpleasant
I'd started to enjoy this until that damned harmonica kicks in, fml!
The idea behind this album is genuinely good: blending blues, laid-back grooves, and hip-hop elements with the tight playing of a solid band. The musicianship is there, and the vibe feels fresh at first. But for me, the delivery falls flat. G. Love comes across like a laid-back, cool white guy trying to rap, and after a few songs, his vocal style becomes more grating than charming. What starts as an interesting fusion ends up feeling repetitive and, frankly, annoying. Great concept, good band — but the execution doesn’t hold up.
very bizarre both lyrically and stylistically but quickly gets boring because all 53 minutes of it sound exactly the same to me. the sauce was not that special i can’t lie
Yeah, quite laid back. I like that about them
this sucks. *queues beastie boys*
Who gave this man studio time
If I was at a restaurant and my pasta came out with this sauce on it, I’d send it back to the kitchen
Funny, I forget that folks outside of Philly even heard of this guy. I felt like as a Philly musician in the '90s, you were obligated to think highly of G. Love, but I always found his affect very... affected. The son of a banking lawyer in Society Hill, G. Love's schtick was hard to swallow back then. He sounded like he was trying hard to be something he wasn't. The drumming is great, the vibe is cool, but I wasn't buying it. I have his first two records on CD, and never listen to them. I wondered if I'd have found a place for Garret Dutton after all these years. Maybe I was being snobbish and dude was channeling his authentic soul. Maybe he is, but I still ain't buying it. Sounds like a put-on to me.
yeah, i kind of hate this. not even sure I can article or rationalize why. I mean, G's just livin' his life, not hurting anyone. But damn do I want to smack him upside the head with a cold beverage. On paper, these guys are covering the same territory as Soul Coughing, but SC is so much better. Seems like an easy swap: ditch this in favor of Ruby Vroom.
Reminds me of all the half-assed hippies in college. The only time I'd agree to listening to any of this again is if a track popped up on Sublime radio.
Bit too one note
Why appropriate just one piece of Black culture (blues) poorly, when you can add a second (hip hop)?
Let's 86 that special sauce
I was not at all excited about a blues/hip hop hybrid, but I quite liked the vibe. However, vibe alone isn't enough, and a lot of the album sounded like rough demos, and the singles weren't all that.
Unlike his baby, this album has no sauce. I am just having no connection to it, I mean I like Cold Beverages too but, I ain't writing a song about them and then recording it. I will give it 2 stars because it has decent instrumentals.
Blues Explosion light
- ganz coole Sachen dabei und meist entspannt, lief aber mal wieder vor allem im Hintergrund, ohne groß aufzufallen 2-3/5
I saw G Love at a festival; it was the late afternoon of the last day and they were on before a band I was there to see on a secondary stage. It was hot as hell and even muggier. They were the perfect band to listen to while we sprawled out exhausted on the floor desperate for shade, drank as much cold anything as we could, chatted at the back of the crowd, and waited for something better to come on. They are a perfect band for exactly this scenario. Philadelphia's answer to sublime, bluesy singer songer writer acoustic guitar funk with a bit of hip hop style and bit of 90s lo-fi slacker rock attitude. Laid back low key unobtrusive good time party music.
Laos back bluesrock, et drys hiphop, ved sgu ikke rigtig om det er så specielt
parts of it are fine but then others are just strange
Cold beverage stands out to me for being exceptionally weird and not great… it’s kinda a funky album. I like the singers voice. Beyond that, it’s kinda slow and boring. Sounds a lot older than it really is.
Some of it is awful and some of it is pretty listenable. More awful
I remember this album when Jack Johnson was getting a lot of airtime during my skate/surf teenage years. I wasn't much good at skating and definitely not at surfing. This album is hit and miss at being good at music. It's the musical equivalent to doing a kick flip in the skating world. Kids with little greater knowledge of music will think it's great but anybody with any expertise know that it's barely scratching the surface.
Not a fan of this
Not a fan of the singing, but there’s a few good tracks on here
Ça ressemble à plein de choses vraiment pas bonnes. Mais en meilleur!
A product of the early 90s which was a fun if yet forgettable relisten.
Garbage, man
boring
Was an interesting album with a style that is different from what I’ve listened to before. Probably won’t listen again but I didn’t turn the album off.
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90s white hip-hop nonsense which is almost an hour long. The talk-singing was rather annoying and after the second or third song, all songs sounded the same. I'm not quite sure why this album is included on the list when so many great albums didn't make it.
Even though he's a Philly guy I just simply don't love G. Love's weird ska adjacent style, sorry, Go Birds though
Nah
Uhm, very mid. Like a lot of it was just bad. I liked the forwardness of the drums tho, and like one song. Just wasn’t a fan of his talk-singing
Listening to this album is like listening to a Frankenstein's monster of a bunch of other artists, and its much lesser than the sum of its parts. I will say, most of the comparisons I have are to artists who came after this record was released, so props for likely being very influential, its just if it is influential, those artists just do it better. It's like the weird slacker vibes of Beck mixed with the blues of The White Stripes (and Beck), with the flow of Kool Keith/Dr. Octagon, with the alt rock/hip hop experimentation of Gorillaz, with some early Red Hot Chili Peppers funk. But again, all those artists are just so much better. I will say I quite enjoy the weird, bluesy, laid back/loose/sloppy vibe and instrumentation. The drums particularly are great. But what does this album in are the vocals/lyrics. G. Love's vocals are basically the same vibe as the instrumentation. Loose and sloppy, but they don't work for me. And he's giving us some absolutely deep and thoughtful lyrics such as "I like cold beverage, yeah/Uh, 'cause I'm feelin' kinda thirsty". Truly a lyrical genius, haha. Not that lyrics necessarily matter, I listen to plenty of bands where I don't care at all about the lyrics, but the lyrics here just seem so noticeably dumb that I can't ignore them. Naming his backing band "Special Sauce" tracks. Special Sauce has the special sauce, but G. Love does not.
I think we can all agree that every single aspect of this album—every song, and even down to the cover art—deserves to be remembered as a timeless classic, the truest shining example of this art form. (yes this is sarcasm)
It took me a minute to really understand what I was listening to. It has rock/blues musical elements, but this is very much a hip hop album. It's fine. It has some moments, but it's not particularly special. There aren't really any hits on the album either. Like it's just meh/solid throughout. I liked one song more than the others, but that's more a taste thing. Favorite Song(s): Garbage Man
This thing is bad 90's middling nonsense at it's worst. I am sure it inspired a lot of people, but chances are I hate that shit too.
Hade väntat mig sämre baserat på Swebrawl-snacket, men inte alls oljud
Soul rap?
Best way I can describe this is - I bet Ted Mosby listened to it a lot in college. Vocals were annoying, lyrics immature, no particular standout tracks. Not for me.
Give it a 2/5, not the best, doubt I would add it to any playlists. Not really my style of music, but I at least appreciate the effort.
Pretty flat. Non-offensive almost to a fault. It’s not bad music, it just doesn’t inspire at all. 2/5 Won’t listen again
I guess it was ok but it got boring after song 3, never mind 14. 2 stars
This is pretty bad, it's basically the backbones for all the worst songs from bands that I like.
I guess the laid back bluesy vibe was the point. But I had a hard time looking past the stupid vocals.
Ik denk oprecht dat ik 1001 albums kan bedenken die je beter kan luisteren dan dit. Tijdens het luisteren dacht ik na een tijdje "Dit zal wel super oud zijn en dat het daarom in de lijst staat?" Maar dit komt uit '94? Er waren toen al rock albums die beter waren, 100en hiphop albums, 100en soul en R&B albums. Is dit album geschreven/gemaakt door de auteur zelf ofzo? Ik kan echt aan niets ontdekken waarom dit op de lijst staat, het is allemaal vrij mwah. Ik irriteer me niet actief, heb zelfs wat nummers als FAVO gemarkeerd, maar jezus... Dit is een ontzettend 13 in een dozijn album. FAVO: Baby's got saucec, Fatman, This ain;t living
Kansi ja nimi kertoo kyllä hyvin, mitä on luvassa: vitsiä ja bluesihkoa. On ihan viihdyttävää kuunneltavaa, etenkin kun sanoitukset välillä nappaavat mukaansa. Mutta lopulta jää tyhjänpäiväiseksi.
Valkoinen jäbä haluaa toistaa bluesin hip hopin keinoin. Lopputuloksena miellyttävää musiikkia, joka on samalla täysin merkityksetöntä. Jäbä tarvitsisi hitin (Cold Beverage käy lähimpänä - niin ja olihan siellä se soosibiisi). 2+
At first it reminded me of Beck. Then of coffee shop music. Then a house band, that you'd rather play quieter so you can hear your friends talk, this isn't the band you paid to see anyway. Not for me
There was a time in my life when I would have halfway liked this. I was a college kid occasionally sporting a backward baseball cap, which is who I think this is made for. Now, I just get irked by the slurred sexy pseudo-carefree affect of his vocals. Did it age poorly? Have I gotten old? Have I learned how to spot trust-fund jamming when I see it? We’ll never know. But I do know whatever G Love days I might have had are behind me.
Hmmmm. Not offensive. Imagine if Cage the Elephant and Sublime had a baby, but their kid wasn't as talented and watched too many yoga mama influencer channels. Maybe that's this. Still, derivative, but ok if it's on while you're doing your weekly grocery shop. That's a two.
Eh note really my kinda scene
ok sometimes but mostly not Will I listen to again: 1%
Never heard of this group before. The actual blues instrumentation isn't bad and fits the vibe, but the rap-like vocals take some getting used to (update: I never got used to them). Just a strange fusion of genres that kind of overstays its welcome pretty early if I'm being honest. "Baby's Got Sauce" is probably the best track amongst it all. I swear I've heard "Cold Beverage" before too...guess that's the big single from this record.
About 9 tracks too long for comfort
Beck’s “Loser” except it’s a whole album. Not good
The band is loose but tight but the dude’s voice is so bad. It’s insane this is on the list but Sublime isn’t.
Next. Stoner blues rap. The upright bass was sort of cool but the whole slacker vibe didn't resonate with me. Like sh$ttier Sublime. I guess the sound is unique but I still can't believe an album like this made it on the 1,001 list. Ugh. Still have half the album to listen to.
Cultural. Appropriation. Dude's father was a banking attorney and he went to private school. There's no freakin' way on earth he actually sounds like this. Sure, it's cool enough, but it often made me cringe. I tried to explore why this doesn't bother me for someone like Beck, who G. Love sometimes sounds like - I think it's because Beck introduces a lot of his own stylings and he doesn't sound like a caricature of cultures he doesn't come from. I don't know what the fine line is beyond adapting and advancing (e.g., Led Zeppelin with the blues and the Police with reggae) and outright appropriation (e.g., UB40 with reggae), but I felt this album crossed that line. Tracks I liked, disregarding the cringe: Garbage Man, Cold Beverage.
Didn't really like the combination of rap and blues. Neither the rapping or the blues was very interesting honestly.
The music is not bad but I hate G. Love.
It's OK... Gets pretty boring after awhile. Am thinking about cold beverages now though.
the poor man's Beck. or Soul Coughing. or Morphine. honestly, i can't even judge this on the basis of class or anything. G. Love is superficial, unnecessary in the company of his peers. his Special Sauce backing band is fine, but his rapping is god awful, and omnipresent across all the tracks. just nothing but posturing and an assumed "coolness" that feels wholly unearned, because the guy's name is G. Love and his backing band is fucking called Special Sauce. at three tracks it's a little grating, six tracks in it's acrid, and by track 12 i am desperately watching the clock, waiting for a reprieve or maybe my internet to go out. "This Ain't Living" is a passable oasis in the middle of an otherwise dull and infuriating desert of slacker raps about food, living the easy life in Philly, and being a sexy boy, rowr. i feel like i pissed my pants and i have to walk all the way home for an hour to get a fresh pair. i feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. i'm tired. i don't even know why this is on the list. did the British music press go utterly gaga over G. Love and Special Sauce exclusively? everyone else who was involved in the H.O.R.D.E. festival -- i presume this is why it's in the "1001 Albums" book -- i could definitely recognize, but these guys didn't enter my radar until this same list recommended it to my friend Azzy. maybe they were good live? who knows? i need a drink. and new pants.
"Baby's Got Sauce" but they don't. Some of the songs give me the same feeling as drinking spoiled milk after waking up with a tequila hangover. The album ends up being a compilation of good song ideas wasted. I'm giving it 2 stars because I admit I found myself dancing to "Cold Drinks" and "Shooting Hoops", and these guys seem to be having a lot of fun recording this, so it's worth it. It's the kind of thing I'd play with my friends while we knock back a few beers.
Background music in a pseudo intellectuals basement while you're getting talked at about bob dylan. Ask me how I know.
This was sooo bad, I am starting to really question who's choosing some of these albums? DNF, Would not relisten.
Too much sauce and not enough "special". I think the concept of rapping over jazz guitar, upright bass, and drums is interesting, but not the way they do it. Basically I don't think they are very good musicians. There were very few moments when I thought "oh hey that was a cool riff" or "that was an interesting change". And wuzzup with that accent? Brother please, you from Philly.
Favorite Track: My Baby’s Got Sauce
This is like if jack white reimagined the white stripes with a groovier drummer, a jazz bassist, and jack just started rapping. God, the rapping. What is the need? Garrett Dutton (I'm not calling him G. Love) attempts to infuse his songs with a sense of swagger that bridges blues rock and hip hop, but end result is clunky and often unlikable. Instrumentally, a fine album. Vocals basically make the whole thing bad.
Not bad to listen to overall but way to long. Standout song Some Peoples Like That
Another fine album, passed me by without any major standouts, but a great vibe nonetheless.
Ok
Rather boring.
Inte så bra men roligt att lyssna på
Sounds a lot like Beck. Kind of a bluesy alt/rock. Garbage Man is a good song. Don't care much for the rap-like vocal sections. The middle of this album sucks. The end is garbage too. I take back my earlier comments aside from Garbage Man is good. This is bordering 1 star which I rarely hand out but I can't quite do it.
Honestly, I think I like the name better than the music.
Not bad but giving off sublime vibes which is kind of a turn off
Hold the sauce please.
Tries to be original with rock, folk, etc. influences, but at the end of the day, this is just Hip Hop. 1.5/5
1.75
Not bad but quite samey. First song is the best.
an interesting concept. blues music with a hip hop vocalist. but the lyrics are nonsensical and redundant. swing and a miss.
Bit contrived
Irritant om een heel album van te horen, te matig op veel vlakke
This is not a good album, for crying out loud. Why is it in this list? 🥴
Jeg tog den berømte ja-hat på og syntes egentlig ikke det var slemt. Ikke essentielt, og det rammer min irritationsnerve at den er næsten en time lang - hvis den havde været et kvarter kortere havde det nok været 3/5
Synes rappen var ret cringe men resten fungerede sgu egentlig ret godt. Der er en del rap til gengæld. Stor 2er.
First half was actually a pretty fun spin on blues and rap. I liked a lot of the songs.. But the album felt frontloaded and lost steam (and my interest) in the end.
Poor man's Beck
not for me
I was really enjoying the first song until he opened his mouth Terrible vocals. The songs quickly went south - presumably as the band got higher/drunker while recording It ended up becoming a jam session and this guy mumbling his improv Would have been much better as an instrumental album 2 ⭐️
Not a genre for me
Fine for what it was but there was a degree of smugness to it that I didn’t like.
Sounds like an album he made in his home basement for the girl he liked. She didn’t respond well.
January 9th, 2024 G. Love walked so G Eazy could walk HL: "Blues Music", "This Ain't Living", "Town to Town"
I felt like I didn't need to be listening to constipated singing/rapping/yapping? for an hour today. Then I listened to this album and now I know that my feelings were correct.
Jerk
Reminds me of Sublime
Честно говоря, ну так себе. Когда понимаешь, что это за фрукт, становится не очень интересно (а это происходит на четвертой минуте из целого часа музыки...). Звучит как Бек, но если бы Бек делал одно и то же всю свою карьеру. Лучшая песня - Blues Music.
Not for me but i understand why this would be popular
Not great. 2/5
Nothing special
4/10
Yeah I think Beck must have liked this record while he was making Odelay. Except he had the bright idea of combining this style with some actual tunes. 4 tracks in I can tell this record is too long. There isn't enough variety. Nothing is bad per se, but it's not great either. It's very loose.
fine
eh, grungey but not my kind of thing
First off G Love & Special Sauce is a wild ass name LMAOOOOOO Dudes were like "how many euphemisms for splooge can I put in a stage name" (am I even allowed to say that on this site? meh I guess we'll find out) Engaging with the actual a Quality of the music, it's an interesting on the surface blend of hip-hop, blues and jazz-rock sensibilities. Like Everlast if his main audience was music critics and not suburban dads balding in their 30s. It's unfortunate that despite all attempts to sound sophisticated and volatile due to this genre combination, it still sounds sappy and predictable. It's ultimately another inclusion that dates this book tremendously, a product of the mid-90s destined to be forgotten except by those who do this challenge. Many such cases! 4/10
I don't get this. It's trying to achieve the same super chill and weird vibe that Beck had achieved during the same time period. But nothing here was all that catchy. I'm down for weird. But you also have to mix in some solid tracks. This felt almost empty.
-whatever this is, it is so very Philadelphia-core. I will forever appreciate that -now as for the actual music itself… has some fun moments but overall not super fun. I do like the blues/rap influence, it gave it a unique feel. But few of the songs stood out too strongly to me and more or less melted together honestly -Favorites are Blues Music, Baby’s Got Sauce, and This Ain’t Living
could i write poetry to this? n
Meh.
All style no substance
I didn’t hate this as much as Joe, but I never need to listen to it again
This album is not for me, it sounded very samey and long which made me bored of it.
Heard worse but really not for me
This bored me and tbh that is really all I have to say about it
I enjoy blues. I’m ok with stoner rock. I can tolerate some non-vulgar hip hop. But I realized I’m not a fan when those three genres combine.
I feel my review is unfair, and that I should try to review this album on its own merits instead of comparing it to others, but I just felt like this was a knock-off Soul Coughing.
Album 576 of 1001 G. Love & Special Sauce - G. Love & Special Sauce (1994) Rating : 2 / 5 While Hip-Hop Blues sounds like an interesting concept, it doesn't really work here.
Maybe im not hearing him
Bluesy. Pretty boring and long. Thought this would be a band but it seems like one dude.
No ty
3/10 - It was bad and boring. The songs all sounded the same and unenjoyable.
Got annoying real quick
Sublime at home
There was no special sauce to be found
This isn't bad but I feel like it's partially responsible for a lot of dumb shit we allowed to get popular in the last 20-30 years, like Fun Lovin' Criminals, Dave Matthews, Kid Rock, Cage the Elephant, and some of the less good early Beck records.
Instrumentaalilevynä tälle olisi ropissut pari tähteä lisää.
Just so 90s. Sort of like kid rock x sublime? Way too long.
Each track I was hoping for an instrumental. Each time they ruined it by signing. The music is enjoyable blues-jazz. The vocals had me twitching for the skip button.
The G is for grating. 2 stars
Samey Samey Weak Weak.
Not a single song I felt like going back to and it's staying that way
There are some okay songs on this. Nothing that is an ear worm that will stick with me forever…or even just a few minutes. It’s more musical than Public Enemy. This obviously has many influences. It’s okay, just not my cup of tea.
Started off all right, jazzy, funky, laid-back tunes, so laid-back they were almost horizontal. But more of the same and more of the same just got wearing after a while and I was glad to get to the end. Just kidding, I didn't get to the end.
Very 90s, very white - easy listen in the main but I did cringe inside
Stick it in the fridge.
Blech
Slacker blend of blues and hiphop. Nice drum sounds but annoying vocals.
Nothing special sauce about this album to me, a lot of the songs were just too same-y
Low
Sounds both quite disheveled and also quite precise. This album has dirtbag line cook energy. I did not hate it but i did not need that great a quantity of it, either. 2.5
Another one that shouldn't be on this list.
Not awful, but wasn't a fan. Annoying 90s tripe.
The live instrumentation for the beats was pretty cool and it was a nice and relaxed listen but the rapping was uninspired and the few comprehensible lyrics were not great. So many better rap albums that are missing from here
I don't know what to say other than ugh. It's somehow not 1 star bad in my opinion but I was so happy when it ended.
Maybe it’s because I’m not from the west, but I’ve never heard of G. Love before, and so have not been inundated with his work as it seems others have been. It does kind of sound the same after a while. It’s serviceable. I kinda like the last song. The voice became annoying after a while. If I were to listen to one song, it would be fine, but at the better part of an hour I was waiting for it to be over.
Meh
If you like this style (sparse instrumentation, drums mixed high, semi-rap/hiphop) listen to Soul Coughing, they are much better at it.
Slacker blues and perfectly listenable. Not really that compelling.
everyone knew a guy in college who “could freestyle” and it sounded like this
I think their special sauce is just ketchup with extra sugar mixed in. 2.1 stars
Eh
Hey I like Beck! Let’s do a shittier version
I don't see what's so special about this sauce. Half baked raps over mediocre blues. It's really not good at all, nobody needs to hear this. What's worse is the other acts this likely influenced. What in the Uncle Kraker was this? 2 stars
Not my thing but some good musicians
Idk there's a couple decent tracks here. Love the Philly rep, but it's pretty corny ngl
"Genre: Blues / Rap" What the fuck is this. Oh, it's just the Gorillaz after a vasectomy. Not horrible, just really samey and way too long. The fact that it sounds like a random recording of some homeless guys jamming on the street is sort of charming in a weird way.
Goodness that was tedious.
I can understand why this album appeals to some people but it was NOT for me.
Nope this is poor, sounds like the worst of 90’s music.
Awful, couldin't finish the album. Real drab rubbish
His baby’s got sauce. His band has some kind of secret special sauce. Does G. Love have sauce of his own? He may, but it is the sauce that messes up the whole dish. There are some interesting things the band is trying with their fusion of styles and sauces, but G. Love’s vocals and songwriting are the weak link.
I mean, it's pretty silly. At least it is unique? The 90s were a weird time man.
I’ve always referred to them as Glove and Special sauce. Why? G. Love frankly sounds stupid. G. Love or Glove…it doesn’t matter. This laid back rap blues fusion is too laid back for me.
Man, I’m on a bad run. This album was just kind of annoying and repetitive.
Parte instrumental é bem boa, clima de blues envolvente. Mas o vocal fica irritante.
Not special and not even that saucy. The inflection he puts on his voice makes it seem like he's trying really hard to be cool
An ok album, nothing that really blew me away, G. Love & Special Sauce missing some of that "Special Sauce" in my opinion. This album would fit perfectly in a jazz café of the 90s, mid-afternoon sipping on coffee wearing your beret that you purchased on your gap year France, perhaps also with a lit cigarette between your fingers. Best: Baby's Got Sauce Worst: Fatman
Nope
Groovy but couldn't get past the vocals (personal preference)
Grossly immature and quite stupid. I was a bit taken at first, but really, 58 minutes of this is far too much to bear. G does not love.
Correcto
Not my thing.
First listen Saved 3/14 Top track: The Things That I Used To Do
This is best poetry from the 90s. Baby Got Sauce is catchy but the rest is pretty meh, borderline cringey.
I don't know what I should make of this. The music's ok, but the vocals range from boring to annoying.
It just kept going